Be the Change How Meditation Can Transform You and the World

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• ISBN13: 9781402782398
• ISBN10: 140278239X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: Sterling Ethos

Summary

Join award-winning authors Ed and Deb Shapiro, and a host of world-renowned luminaries, on an enlightening spiritual journey. Spiritual leaders from all disciplines and walks of life reveal how meditation has changed their lives from the inside out-motivating readers to begin their own practices and create the foundation for a new, more hopeful age in the wider world. Includes wisdom from these extraordinary figures: HH the Dalai Lama * Robert Thurman * Jon Kabat-Zinn * Byron Katie * Jane Fonda * Joan Borysenko * HH The Karmapa * Jack Kornfield * Krishna Das * Dean Ornish * Ram Dass * Marianne Williamson * and more.

Author Biography

Ed and Deb Shapiro are the award-winning authors of 16 books on meditation, personal development, and social action. They are featured bloggers for HuffingtonPost.com, Intent.com, Care2.com, and Oprah.com. They teach meditation workshops worldwide, and work as corporate consultants. They are the creators and writers of the Daily Chillout inspirational text messages on Sprint cell phones. Their books include: Your Body Speaks Your Mind, winner of the 2007 Visionary Book Award and finalist for the Nautilus Book Award; Voices from the Heart, with contributors such as President Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, and Bishop Tutu; and Meditation: The Four Step Course to Calmness and Clarity. They have taught meditation and personal development for over 25 years. They currently reside in Boulder, Colorado. Check them out online at www.bethechangemeditate.com and EdandDebShapiro.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama	p. VII
Foreword	p. IX
The Greatest Adventure of All
Changing Me, Changing Us	p. 3
So What Is Meditation?	p. 15
How We Got Here	p. 39
The Only Way Out Is Within	p. 59
Transforming From the Inside Out
Growing Roses Out of Compost	p. 83
We Belong to Each Other	p. 108
The Pearl in the Oyster	p. 126
Blossoms Ripening into Sweet Fruit	p. 140
Transforming Us Transforms the World
Off the Cushion and into Life	p. 163
We Are Not Alone Here	p. 184
Silence in the Boardroom	p. 203
Contemplative Activism	p. 220
Can Meditation Change the World?	p. 241
We Axe the Change We Are Looking For	p. 254
Practice Makes Perfect
Doing It	p. 265
Sitting Meditation	p. 283
Sounding Meditation	p. 298
Moving Meditation	p. 310
Contributor Bios	p. 326
Acknowledgments	p. 333
Index	p. 334
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